Champagne Taittinger Uncage My Heart

Champagne Taittinger is one of the few remaining family-owned and operated Grand Marque Champagne houses in France. Taittinger is the second largest vineyard or domaine owner in the region giving them ultimate control of quality from vine to bottle. The Champagnes are Chardonnay dominant, which gives them their elegance, delicacy and finesse. Taittinger is widely distributed around the world in 140 countries.

I recently attended a press event entitled "Uncage My Heart" that highlighted new interpretations of Valentine’s Day menus and décor concepts with Champagne Taittinger. Attendees were taken on a "journey of the heart" starting with a Bubble Bash with friends to First Date to Lasting Love. Each featured hand selected Champagne Taittinger wines paired with a menu of delicious bites prepared by celebrated Chef Camille Becerra of Navy restaurant in New York City. Chef Beccera also gave a live cooking demonstration on how to make chocolate mousse.

Our hostess, Vitalie Taittinger, Global Ambassador and Artistic Director of Champagne Taittinger led us on a guided presentation with a tasting of six different Taittinger Champagnes. This included the classic Taittinger Brut La Française, Prestige Rosé, Nocturne, Prélude Grands Crus and Comtes de Champagne Rosé. It was fascinating to learn a little about each champagne as well as it's particular nuances and tasting notes. The Comtes was my favorite and we learned that it is ideally paired with meats and desserts. Coincidentally it also happened to the most expensive of everything we tried. Another highlight was the filling of the champagne tower. This definitely added to the already festive mood. And the fun didn't end there as guests were all given our very own bottle of Taittinger to take home. I've talked about how I'm not much of a drinker before but I gained a new appreciation for champagne at this event and picked up some fabulous entertaining ideas as well.Do you drink champagne? What's your favorite?

Ahah, the last gif makes me so laugh! Well done on taking part to this event, tres chic indeed Rowena. I would have been curious to taste the different champagnes, usually I dont drink it too much as I suffer of neuralgia and is bad for it, sadly! The mousse seems so delish! Have a wonderful week! xo

I'm not much of an alcohol drinker, but give me champagne any day....:) I don't really have a fave coz I just pretty much drink them on special occasions, but I've never really had a bad one I think. This one would probably be super amazing for me:)

I don't drink champagne. Ever since I was diagnosed with Chron, I haven't had a drop of alcohol. However, I believe there is nothing wrong with enjoying champagne. I even think that alcohol, when drank in moderation, can be very healthy. Both of the regions I live in (Dalmatia and Herzegovina) are celebrated for their wines (naturally they're always fighting who makes it the best). I always love to see people drink wine and champagne. I think that there is really such a thing as 'wine culture'. It takes a lot of love to produce great wine (and champagne) and I'm always happy to see families who keep up a family tradition of making wine, whether for their own needs or for sale. The father of my sister-in-law makes about 500 liters of high quality wine every year but he has never sold a single drop of it.

I've drank a lot of alcohol throughout my 20s, no I wasn't a drunk but I worked as a bartender and a hostess (not the hanky-panky type! LOL!) when I was in college to support myself but I am a beer girl through and through. Never liked the taste of hard liquor and champagne, I do enjoy red wine every now and then but beer is my still my favourite.

I really like that this is still a family owned business, too many are owned by huge corporations these days so this was a refreshing read. The gif at the end is brilliant, Rowena! It makes me smile and looks like you girlies had tons of fun!

This looks fun! I don't drink much, but I really do love champagne and red wine occasionally, and it doesn't have to be a formal event for us, sometimes at brunch we have a nice glass of rosé. How cute to see you in a GIF, really love that you sneaked in that one. October Moments

Of course I love champagne! I live right next to the champagne region where all these bubblies come from :) In my family, we have it for special occasions like birthdays and anniversaries, as well as for no particular reasons, just to enjoy life.

.Oh my goodness, this looks like an amazing event. I just love how they decorated the table sand the food. Girl we won't even discuss the food because I am currently hungry lol. Thanks for sharing this with us Rowena.

I have no idea what makes a good champagne, and when I purchased it in the past I have mostly gotten the cheap stuff for mimosas. :) At one point I worked in a place where the liked to serve Veuve Cliquot {I'm sure I massacred that spelling} and that was nice but so strong!

I'm so glad you had a good time! The gif is really cute, and the space looks fun to visit!

That must have been such a cool event! I love the pink theme and the finger food looks so yummy! You know what, I drink champagne only in the New Year Eve as I have never tried a really good champagne so far. I'd love to change my mind though. This summer I was drinking bubbly wine instead of beer and it was so damn delicious! Love the gif with you, Rowena! Have a nice day!

Awww, such a cool GIF of you ladies, Rowena!! I actually don't drink alcohol but in case I have a pleasure with a great company I love to drink sweet vine or the Rosé ones. Wonderful snacks, they definitely uncage my heart. Yum! :)

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